Spatter guard



K.-E. BELAU SPATTER GUARD Aug. 28, 1951 Filed May 15, 1947 INVENTORI.KENNETH E. BELAU BY 6 7 Patented Aug. 28, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2,565,905 SPATTER GUARD Kenneth E. Belau, Milwaukee, Wis.Application May 13, 1947, Serial No. 747,712

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to guards and more particularly to spatter guards,such as might be employed to protect a wall or the like from thespattering of food in the process of being prepared on the burnerarrangement of a kitchen range.

The object of my invention is to provide a means of supporting a flatsheet in a vertical manner, that will permit its being raised or loweredto provide the necessary protection for which it is intended.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a device that may besupported from the floor.

Still another object of my invention is to so construct a device as toprovide retaining means that will, by frictional contact, support thefiat sheet acting as a guard, and allow it to be placed at anypre-determined height.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a, device that willfunction equally well, whether used as a portable fixture or constructedas an accessory to be furnished as part of the range or stove.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent asthe description proceeds when taken in conjunction with the drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device illustrating the manneremployed when supporting it from the floor.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of an end portion of the deviceillustrating a type of adjustable mounting employed when supporting thedevice from a point between the range and the wall.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the inside of one of the channelsillustrating a method of supporting the vertical guard frictionallywithin the channel.

Figure 4 is a. side view of the device as illustrated in Figure 2supported by means of the stove and the wall.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of a channel and slide arrangement,and

Figure 6 is a modified form of channel and slide arrangement.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and referring now to the same, the character III, asshown in Figure 1, shows a fiat sheet acting as a vertical spatter guardand having a hinged member I I attach-ed to its upper end. The sheet I0and the member I I are arranged to slidably engage the vertical channelsI2 and I2 which are supported by bracing strips I3 and pedestals I4 andI4. The member II, when brought into vertical alignment with the sheetI0, will fit into the channels I2 and I2 and may be raised and loweredto a predetermined height within the channels I2 and I2 and retained inposition by means of set screws I5.

In Figure 2, I show the upper end I6 of the sheet l0 radially disposedin a resilient manner, and, when the sheet I0 is lowered into thechannels I2 and I2, it assumes a straight vertical position in thechannels.

The means of supporting the structure is shown in a modified form inFigures 2 and 4, and consists of two members I! and I I telescopicallyengaging one another. The member I! obviously is attached to the channelI2 and, as the two members I I and II are spread' apart, the flat facesections I8 frictionally engage the surface provided by the back of therange l9 and the wall 20, as shown in Figure'4. I do, however, showapertures 2I within the flat face III of the members I1 and I1, throughwhich screws, nails or bolts may be inserted when attaching the membersto the face I9 of the range or the wall 20. I also show set screws 22,which may be employed when frictional contact of the face I8 isemployed, and which will keep the members I7 and II in a spreadposition. This type of support eliminates the floor standards I4 and I4as shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 3, I show the guard I0 inserted into the channel members I2and I2 and held in frictional contact therewith by means of resilientleaf spring members 23. Using this type of construction will eliminatethe conventional set screws I5 on the channel member I 2.

It is manifest to anyone familiar with the art that the channelconstruction may be varied, and I show modified variations in Figures 5and 6.

In the chosen embodiments of my invention, there are present manyfeatures not heretofore disclosed in the prior art. I fully realize thateven though I have shown a specific manner of using the features in theconstruction of the device, that there are many changes in the form andconfiguration of these features that can be made, and I reserve theright to make such changes as I deem necessary and describe withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appendantclaim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent in the United States is:

A portable arrangement of the character described comprising, a verticalmain sheet, said sheet provided with an auxiliary sheet hingedlyattached thereto, a pair of vertical channels, said channels arranged ina manner to slidably receive said main and auxiliary sheet, means insaid channel for engaging said guard and a pedestal attached to thebottom of each said channels for supporting the entire assembly.

KENNETH E. BELAU.

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